My house in 1915

If you look real close you can see Carrie and Zella on the porch

CARRIE & ZELLA WILLIAMS

Carrie & Zella were sisters who had "our" house built back when Atascadero was still a colony ... People lived in tents before the "Colony Houses" were built .. I am honored to live in one of those old houses ...Joe and I are only the third owners.

About Me

*GRANDSON OF THE WEEK* MICHAEL

This weekend is the start of the AIDS lifecycle .. Michael along with thousands of people will ride from San Fancisco to Los Angeles to help raise $ to fight AIDS .. Good luck, be safe and God Bless Michael and every single person on the ride..I am proud of every one of you.

*Happy Birthday Bradley*

Happy Birthday to my wonderful grandson .. You are loved more then words can say. ♥

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"Wine cellar "AFTER:"

This is another view of the cellar.

Wow!

This is Louie running in the heat.

Congratulations Louie!

Michael & Maegann

I got so busy that I forgot to post Michael and Maegann's birthdays .. They are brother and sister and they are both amazing young people .. I am so very proud of both of them and I am so blessed to be their grandma. ... Happy Very Late Birthday to both of you. ♥

One of my favorite gifts..This thing is 'huge' ..notice the Halloween pumpkin still on my porch.

I got so many wonderful gifts, but this one is really special ..Thank you Jennifer ♥

I love this hand made gift. ♥

My daughter Tina made me this wonderful garden art .. The top piece lights up at night ... I can't wait for spring to find the perfect place for it. ..Thank you Tina. ♥

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM*

Grandma Queta turns "91"!

Job well done!!

Congratulations Michael for another year helping raise $$ for Aids... So proud of you.... This picture is of Michael and his Mom ..my daughter, Jennifer. :^)

Michael..AIDS LIFECYCLE RIDE ..From San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Last year my grandson Michael and my grand daughter Natalie both road in the aids ride to help make a difference..This year Michael and his friend Justin will be out there again ...I am very proud of these young people.. I will be posting more later to let everyone who would like to donate to Michael..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIET

Happy birthday to my wonderful daughter and one of my best friends.

*BIRTHDAYS*

January, February and March are our "birthday months" ... We have so many birthdays at this time of the year that it makes your head spin ... Although every single one of them is so important, we sometimes just can't celebrate each one like we should .. But we all know we are special and that we are loved by our big family.

There have been all kinds of parties and celebrations, some are big and some may be having pizza at our local pizza place ..but we always have fun.

One of the celebrations that stands out in our family memories is the one where my son-in-law invited about 20 people over for an early brunch since my dauther Jennifer works nights he knew she would be sleeping ... he had us all stand around her bed and outside their big picture window were everyone could look in and she could see everyone outside. ...Well, she woke up to a bunch of "fire crackers" that he lit outside the window... Oh yeah! ...It was not pretty when she jumped up out of a dead sleep ... Saying .."what the hell"!!!! along with a few other words #@%$$#&**##@!!!! .. especially when she raealized that there were 15 people standing around her bed.. she wanted to kill her dear hubby ..but she laughed and has never forgotten her 40th birthday ......So that tells you what kind of a family we have ... there's always something that is good for a laugh ...and it makes for great dinner stories.... So I am saying ....* HAPPY BIRTHDAY* to all of us who will be or has been celebrating a birthday .... I love you all ..and I am blessed. :^)

So that gives you an idea of what kind of a family we are ...

Kind of hate to see Christmas end.

Daniel and Heather's wedding

I made this from a plastic pumpkin

I wish the right side was not cut off .. that's the best part ..lol ..who can tell me how to fix this ...I know there is a way..."help somebody" ...lol

Fall is just around the corner

I just found some great fall decorations at the Dollar Tree .. Can't wait to use them ..."I LOVE FALL".

Joe & friend Wayne went backpacking..

it was beautiful and he cought these great fish ... and ate it!

HAPPY 21ST OF JULY

MY NEW FRIEND ...just had to share.

I guess this has been around forever ..but I just found it and "I LOVE IT" ... I think it's the best thing since sliced bread ( or tortillas) ... it works great on rust, coffee stains .. whatever! ..thanks Karen for telling me about it.

LUIS* GRAND KID OF THE WEEK

Luis ..or Louie as we call him in the family ... lives every man's dream life right now ... in the summer he is a river rafting guide ...

in the winter he works at a sky resort ...

just for fun he climbs mountains ...

OMG!

he's a hard worker...

...and he's one of the sweetest persons I know. :^)

Something "just for fun"

I just couldn't throw this away so Tina and I thought it would be a fun addition to her garden. ... "I want it back" ....lol

Tina's Guest Cottage

Cottage 93422 ... she rents it out... I want to stay there ..it's soo cute.

GRAND GIRL OF THE WEEK*

MAEGANN ELIZABETH* Congratulations ... We love you and are proud of you ...Hugz ...Grandma Betty

She did it!

Maegann wearing her lei. :^)

"WE DID IT"!!!! ( 2009)

Michael & Natalie .. I'm soo proud of you ... great job!

Update on the Aids Ride

"IT'S RAINING"!!!!

Natalie ..Aids Ride ... 2009

Go Nat! ...I'm so pround of these two ...in this picture My grandkids are half way there! ... ready to sleep in their own beds ..but still smiling. :^)

A LITTLE RED AND YELLOW OUTSIDE TOO.

Louie Reade Fire Fighter

My brother Louie is a wonderful, wonderful man who always gives of himself and talks to children at their schools about fire safty... He is a wonderful brother and my good friend. ... Happy Birthday Dear Brother.

ME AND MY DAUGHTER JENNIFER

this picture was taken in the early 70's .. Jennifer is now 41 years old .. We are standing in the middle of what is now our lawn and gardens ..I love seeing the changes from 1915 to now ... It must have been morning since I'm still in my robe ...lol

YOU DON'T NEED A FACE TO TELL A STORY

A Birthday Gift From Louie & Yoly

My brother Louie & his wife Yoly gave me a gift card for my birthday back in Feb. .. I went shopping with my daughter Julie and she convinced me that I should not buy something like underware when you get a gift card ..she said I should buy something I don't need or would probably not buy for myself ...so I bought this great bike flower pot stand ... Don't you just love it? ... I still have to put some pots in it ... Julie was right .. Thanks Louie and Yoly. :^)

A GIFT FROM RITA

What a wonderful surprise I got today when the postman left a package at my door! .. I was having a regular day doing what I do ..then I found a package on my porch .. I had no idea who it was from .. then I saw that it was from my niece Rita Reade ..I can't tell you how thrilled I was shen I saw what she had sent me ..."A beautiful bag full of trinkets" ....I just love every single thing in the bag and the bag is a treasure in itself .. and guess what? .. It's not even my birthday!... I don't think I've ever gotten a gift in the mail for no reason at all .. and don't you just love getting packages in the mail? .. Thank you soo much Rita for all the beautiful things and for making my day soo special... I love you ... Hugz ...Tia Betty

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I love this little bag "tied" with an old clip on earing.

BEAUTIFUL!

I am feeling so special right now

THANK YOU RITA. :^)

Some Mexican Folk Art

When I was a little girl my Mother had a couple of these bird feather paintings in our living room ..so now I have a small collection of them in my home.

This is one of my favorites

My Mexican outdoor kitchen

Another old stove .. this one lives out doors in our Mexican patio / kitchen.

We brought a little bit of Mexico to our corner .. I'll show you more of the Mexican dining room when I get some new pictures ... This part of our yard is one of our favorite "out door rooms."

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.

This is what $1.49 pot of ivy can do to your garden! .. This "was" my 'children's garden'.

I've been working on it so I hope to show it to you soon without all the evy ..it's like "The Secret Garden" .. I'm finding all kinds of treasures under all the ivy ...Wish me luck!

My Purses

One of my hobbies ...making purses. .. These are some I made last summer.

Old World

Sandy's Cottage

These are pictures of my friend Sandy's little "3 room" cottage ... It's always a treat to visit her and see what she has done new .. It's a little doll house.

living room

living room

She 'painted' her piano white!

She 'painted' her piano white!

more painted furniture

Sandy put down used brick in all of the rooms and then white washed them on her knees.

yep... she painted the fire place too.

Her big bed in her little bedroom

Bathroom

Sandy set this beautiful breakfast table for my birthday.

My Dear friend "Miss Sandra"

WELCOME TO MY HOME

My Kitchen

I love my red stove ... The stove is one of my favorite "prizes" ...it was a gift from my nephew Dean Reade ..Not a day goes by that I don't think of Dean when I look at my stove.

MY DISH WASHER

I told you my house is pretty much like it was when it was built in 1915 ... I have no dish washer, no garbage disposal, no trash compacter, not even a teenager to wash my dishes.

laundry room at Christmas time

Yard sale weekend

Last Saturday was a city wide yard sale in a near by beach town called Morro Bay ...it's about a 15 minute drive from our town ...I went with two of my daughters, Julie and Jennifer. ..They picked me up at 6:30 am ...we wanted to be the "early birds" so we could get the best "prizes" ..of course everyone else had the same idea ... Tina, our oldest daughter also followed in her car with cousin Pam ... we had to take two cars to have enough room for our treasures ... good thing we did take two cars because they were both 'packed' when we came home ... It was such a fun day. One of the things I bought was a service for 12 set of Spring looking dishes .. but when I put them on my table they just 'didn't work for me' ..so Tina is going to try to sell them at her yard sale next weekend.... You can't win them all.

dining room Easter table

A touch of Easter in the kitchen

These eggs are kid's sidewalk chalk from the Dollar Tree

A BIRTHDAY "PRIZE" FOR YOLANDA

My sister-in-law Yoly loves hankies .. I could not find any in the stores so I hit the yard sales and found this old box and a bunch of old vintage hankies in the bottom of a box of junk .. I washed and ironed them and put them in this great old box .. under the hankies there is also a vintage apron. .. I love this kind of stuff... I hope she does too. :^)